Oven-Roasted Apple Butter

 Oven-Roasted Apple Butter

Apple Butter Ingredients

• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 4 lb. apples, stems removed and quartered
• 2 cups light or dark brown sugar
• 11/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground allspice
• 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp. ground cloves

Apple Butter Preparation

1. Place apples and vinegar in large stainless steel pot with 2 cups water. Cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and cook 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until apples have applesauce-like consistency. Run mixture through food mill or press through sieve to separate pulp from skin and seeds; discard skin and seeds. Transfer pulp (you should have about 5 cups) to large ovenproof dish or Dutch oven.

2. Preheat oven to 350°F. Stir remaining ingredients into apple pulp. Bake 2 to 2½ hours, or until apple butter thickens to a spreadable consistency, stirring every 15 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, sterilize jars and lids: Submerge jars in large pot filled halfway with simmering water, and lids in small pot of simmering water. Keep jars and lids in hot water until ready to use.

4. Remove jars one at a time from hot water, and fill with jam, leaving ¼-inch headspace. Seal with lids. Place canning rack or cake rack in bottom of large pot, and return sealed jars to pot, adding extra water to cover jars by 1 inch, if necessary. Bring to a boil, and boil 10 minutes. Remove jars from water, and cool. Enjoy the Apple Butter recipes !!!

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Roasted Apple Butter

 Roasted Apple Butter

 Apple Butter Ingredients

• 1 cup cider, divided into 1/4- and 3/4-cup amounts
• 7 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
• 3 pounds apples
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 pinch cloves

Apple Butter Directions

Preheat oven to 400°. Cut apples into large chunks (quarters for small apples, eighths for larger). Arrange on a large metal roasting pan, add the 1/4 cup of cider and lemon juice, then sprinkle with brown sugar and salt and dot with butter.

Roast for 30–35 minutes, or until apples are very soft and fall apart at the touch of a fork. Remove from oven and let rest for one minute, then pour the remaining 3/4 cup of cider over the pan. 

Transfer apples and liquid to a large flat-bottomed bowl or pot. Mash with a spoon, fork, or potato masher until the pieces have been broken up into sauce.

Run the mixture through a food mill to remove the cores, seeds, and peels (see note above if you do not have a food mill). Stir in the spices, then give it a taste. Add more sweetener and/or spices until you have the flavor where you want it.

At this point, assess the consistency of your butter. If you’d like it to be a bit smoother, you can blend it up with a food processor or an immersion blender. If it isn’t quite as thick as you’d like it to be, transfer it a heavy bottom saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until you’ve achieved the right consistency. 

Once cooled, store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week, or freeze it to keep it for longer. Cool. Enjoy the Roasted Apple Butter recipe !!

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CROCKPOT APPLE BUTTER

 

CROCKPOT APPLE BUTTER

APPLE BUTTER INGREDIENTS

• 6 large apples, peeled, cored, finely chopped (honeycrisp, gala, ambrosia)
• 1/3 cup raw sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, not packed
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp allspice
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg

APPLE BUTTER INSTRUCTIONS

Place the apples in a slow cooker. Top with sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg and mix well.

Cover and cook high 5 hours, or low 10 hours, stirring once halfway, until the apples are tender and dark brown.

Uncover and puree with an immersion blender.

Cook on high uncovered 2 hours, stirring occasionally, until thickened.

Spoon into jars or containers, cover and refrigerate. Cool. Enjoy the CROCKPOT APPLE BUTTER recipes !!

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APPLE-BUTTER BARS

APPLE-BUTTER BARS RECIPE

APPLE-BUTTER BARS INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 c. quick-cooking oats, uncooked
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 1 c. butter, melted
• 1 1/2 c. apple butter
• 1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts

APPLE-BUTTER BARS INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix in oats and sugar. Pour in melted butter and mix well. Press half of this mixture into a greased 9x13x2 inch baking pan. Mix apple butter and nuts together; spread over mixture in pan. Sprinkle with remaining crumbly mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes, or until brown. Cool before cutting into bars. The apple butter recipe is ready...enjoy !

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